Sherif Ekramy

Sherif Ekramy Ahmed Ahmed El-Shahat (Arabic: شريف إكرامي‎; born 10 July 1983) is an Egyptian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Pyramids FC and the Egyptian national team.

Sherif Ekramy
Ekramy with Feyenoord in 2007
Personal information
Full name Sherif Ekramy ِAhmed Ahmed El-Shahat
Date of birth (1983-07-10) 10 July 1983
Place of birth Cairo, Egypt
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Pyramids
Number 27
Youth career
Al Ahly
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2005 Al Ahly 0 (0)
2005–2009 Feyenoord 7 (0)
2008 → MKE Ankaragücü (loan) 0 (0)
2009 El Gouna 8 (0)
2010–2020 Al Ahly 151 (0)
2020– Pyramids 7 (0)
National team‡
2003 Egypt U20 4 (0)
2006–2019 Egypt 21 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:44, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 09:46, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

An Al Ahly youth product, Ekramy moved to Dutch club Feyenoord in 2005. At Feyenoord he received little playing time and was loaned to Ankaragücü in 2008. After four years at Feyenoord he returned to Egypt signing with El Gouna FC, whom he helped win promotion to the top flight for the 2009–10 season. He returned to Al Ahly in 2020, where he stayed for ten years. In 2020, he joined Pyramids FC.

Ekramy participated in two successive World Youth cups, the 2001 in Argentina, where he was part of the bronze-medal team, and the 2003 instalment in the United Arab Emirates.[2] He is the son of Ekramy El-Shahat.

Club career

Al-Ahly

Ekramy was one of the most promising youngster in Al Ahly youth department so he was promoted for the first team in 2002 at the age of 19 although he never played for the first team until 2004. His amazing performance as a captain with Egypt U-20 in 2003 African Youth Championship helping The Young Pharaohs to win the title so he received a lot of offers but he decided finally to join Feyenoord to be alongside his former team-mate Hossam Ghaly

Feyenoord

Ekramy's spell in the Netherlands was not very successful. Although signed as a great talent, he was usually reserve keeper.

On 11 February 2007, he played his first Eredivisie match for Feyenoord against FC Twente.[3] With the club he only played seven matches in three years helping them to win the 2007–08 KNVB Cup in his last season.

Return to Al-Ahly

Ekramy rejoined Al-Ahly in 2010 until 2020, where he managed to win 18 domestic and continental titles.[4]

Pyramids

In June 2020, Ekramy joined Egyptian Premier League rivals Pyramids FC.[5]

International career

In May 2018, he was named in Egypt’s preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[6]

Career statistics

Club
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
AppGoalsAppGoalsAppGoalsAppGoalsAppGoals
Al Ahly 2003–2004 200000—20
Feyenoord 2005–2006[7] 300000—30
2006–2007[7] 300000—30
2007–2008[7] 100000—10
Total 700000—70
El Gouna 2009–2010 9000——90
Al Ahly 2009–2010 70509000210
2010–2011 70200010100
2011–2012 1400014000280
2012–2013 1500017010330
2013–2014 220307010330
2014–2015 180405010280
2015–2016 260004010310
2016–2017 3002014010470
2017–2018 7000000070
2018–2019 80002000100
Total 1540160720602480

International
As of match played 15 June 2018[8]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Egypt 200610
201220
201390
201440
201510
201610
201740
201810
Total230

Honours and achievements

Al Ahly

References
  1. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia: List of players: Egypt" (PDF). FIFA. 17 June 2018. p. 9.
  2. "Sherif Ekramy". FIFA.com. Retrieved 20 September 2008.
  3. "Tactical Formation". Football-Lineups.com. Retrieved 14 February 2007.
  4. "OFFICIAL: Al Ahly release Sherif Ekramy before end of season". KingFut. 16 August 2020.
  5. Ismail, Ali (2 June 2020). "Zizo: Pyramids FC sign Egypt goalkeeper Sherif Ekramy". KingFut. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  6. "World Cup 2018: All the confirmed squads for this summer's finals in Russia".
  7. "Sherif Ekramy » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  8. Sherif Ekramy at National-Football-Teams.com


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